Resident Handbook - UC Davis Health System

• Health systems training• Practice-related policies and procedures• Business and service goals• Budget issues• Practice efficiency• Patient satisfaction surveys• Billing practices• Staffing issues• Ways to improve communication with patients and co-workers• Quality improvementC. DutiesResidents will accomplish the tasks outlined above, attend the rotations and meetings,perform the required reading, and analysis, and will maintain appropriate documentationof their training, which will be reviewed bi-annually with their academic advisor.Page 73 of 153RESIDENT PRESENTATIONS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITYACGME Program Requirements stipulate:“Each program must provide opportunity for residents to participate in research or otherscholarly activities. Instruction in the critical evaluation of medical literature, includingassessing study validity and applicability of studies to the residents’ patients must beprovided.“The participation of each resident in active research program should be encouraged aspreparation for a lifetime of self-education after completion of formal training…”“Other acceptable forms of scholarly activity include presentations at national, regional,state, or local meetings, and presentation and publication of review articles and casepresentations.”Our program meets this requirement through the following means:C:\Documents and Settings\dhutak\Desktop\rshb13.docCritical Evaluation of Medical LiteratureDuring all three years of residency training, residents receive instruction in the critical evaluationof medical literature during the monthly Journal Club. Residents take turns presenting articlesand providing critique with the support of the residency faculty.Resident PresentationsOur program requires two formal presentations of each resident during their training as part ofscholarly activity. This is in addition to service related presentations, such as Perinatal M&M